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AMA Manual of Style (10th edition ed.) : A Guide for Authors and Editors

AMA Manual of Style Committee

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
Mar 2007
Print ISBN-13:
9780195176339
Published to AMA Manual of Style:
Apr 2009
DOI:
10.1093/jama/9780195176339.001.0001
© American Medical Association
Contents

US Military Services

Chapter:
Abbreviations
Author(s):

Roxanne K. Young

14.2.1 US Military Services

US Army

MC, USA

Medical Corps, US Army

ANC, USA

Army Nurse Corps, US Army

SP, USA

Specialist Corps, US Army

MSC, USA

Medical Service Corps, US Army

DC, USA

Dental Corps, US Army

VC, USA

Veterinary Corps, US Army
Note: All of the preceding designations also apply to the Army National Guard (ARNG) and US Army Reserve (USAR).

US Air Force

USAF, MC

Medical Corps, US Air Force

USAF, NC

Nurse Corps, US Air Force

USAF, MSC

Medical Service Corps, US Air Force

USAF, DC

Dental Corps, US Air Force

USAF, BSC

Bio-Sciences Corps, US Air Force
Note: All of the preceding designations also apply to the Air National Guard (ANG) and US Air Force Reserve (USAFR). The US Air Force has no veterinary corps; veterinarians are in the Bio-Sciences Corps.

US Navy

MC, USN

Medical Corps, US Navy

MSC, USN

Medical Service Corps, US Navy

NC, USN

Nurse Corps, US Navy

DC, USN

Dental Corps, US Navy
Note: All of the preceding designations also apply to the US Naval Reserve (USNR).